The Oregon mist., May 16, 1902, Image 1

HIPI HADDCLOrS IIEPimiOil
BY WHAM MINTO.
CHAPTER XIV Continued.
From all the tumult and agitation o
mm I produced by (he eontttft lietwettn
will mid lingering (Unite, itnlph' main
puros gwined greatly in motive force,
1'iililic spirit,' seat for the common
good, 1 often reinforced In this my by
jiersoiial fueling dammed, npautl tltmUiil
free course in It natural eliannol. The
energy thin engemlwed d nmiids on
uiitlitt, iiiid presses with powerful Im
pure behind any nubia pnriiose in
uliii li tin heart finds compensation.
Hut to thii end the old channel luuitt
,o ceiirety ami resolutely closed. For
tune favored Ralph also In hi will to
hold fin ward wllh"tit looking buck or
turning aside.
It so happened that the Primi-s
Joanna, the young king" mother, the
widow of the Mack Prince, interested
hermit warmly In Clara Roos, The
Fair Maid of Kunt had had hr own
love troubles, and affairs td the heart
apiit-itlcd to her, (Inly the year before
she had favored anil liml succeeded in
effecting love match between her own
daughter, Maude, reputed the fairest
Imly In England, and a f ranch primm
er, the young C'l'imt da Ht. Paul.
Clara, wedded ceremonially to a brute
whom she refused to acknowledge a
her h unbuild, in. united the kind heart
ed princes, and tier iutoiwit took a
practical form. 8he reaolvcd to bring
intleeiire to bear on the pope to procure
a dissolution of the marriage.
Hut mati'h breaklug without fresh
n atch making could interest no food
nam red, motherly women. " According
ly the prince' plane at retclied further.
Hie had teen the manly young cler.
and she had aoen how Clara lookwl at
him. That wilful young woman could
at a rule keep her own counsel well,
hut thla secret, In the agitating scenes
through whirh he had pasted, it had
Uen beyond her power to conceal from
an ohm-rvant eye with a sympathetic
clew. The priiHeo hid watt hod her
face in the gillory when Ralph a
questioned before the king, and again
in the lit when b la life was in dinner.
Hut what were the young manVfeel
ing? Thla alro kindly curiosity
prompted the benignant prince to
discover if be could. Mie sent her
chaplain, r'allwr William deFulbonriie,
on a message of Inquiry,
Now the chaplain, though a man of
tact and dim rwlioo, had 1.0 great love
(or the disciple of Wyeliffe, and there
waa a point in hie Inh rview with Kalph
where thii antipathy go 'he bettef ol
him. lie waa friar of the Dominican
Order, and friara of all the four ordera
were tlenouncod by Wyeliffe Caln'a
kin, the children of Juda. Hence it
waa natural that he should find it hard
to forego chance of allowing bit con
tempt for the horollo. V
The princeaa' flmt charge to him had
been to assure Halph of her personal
sympathy with the por commona, and
to hid him convey this assurance to
their leaders. It waa her son' popu
larity that aha had In view in fending
thin message, and the chaplain deliv
ered It with graclou dignity.
Then the chaplain began to pro! the
young man gently on a more tender
point, Informing him of the prince'
Interest in Clara, and putting question
about her and the Knight of Bturmere.
He mentioned aa hie reason for put
ting thoja question that the princeaa
was minded to procure a dissolution of
tlio marrisge.
"You teem troubled, my on," the
chaplain said, in kindly tone.
"Come, unburden youwelf to me. Con
fins. Do you not lotre thla lady? It
mav yet be lawful lor you to love l.er."
"I did .lovelier, father," answered
Raplh, hoarnely, "acd it haa been
hard ttrtiggle to forgot her. I had for
gotten. I could think of her calmly.
My heart wai at peace. But now"
"You have acen her again, and the
atruggle la harder than before?" "
"It in harder. Hut 1 do not dee
pair." "He comforted, my aon. The church
la Umieut to thone who do their utinoat
agaluitt tin, And it may yet belawlul.
My lady la gracioua princeaa, and haa
aitt hur heart on the removal of this
impediment."
"It in impossible," eald Ralph, In a
firmer tono. Somehow ,tho anggeation
that had disturbed him no much when
itame Involuntarily from hla own
imagination dieturbed him leaaand waa
eawler to resist wbdn it came before him
definitely from human llpa.
"Why imposeiblo?" asked the chap
lain. "Much la poalablo co princea,
when they move the holy father against
what la in iteelf acandal and a profan
ation." ,
"It la not that," answered Ralph.
"I have made a vow. I have forsworn
earthly love."
"To whom?" tald the chaplain,
sharply. It waa here that his antip
athy to Wyeliffe eroaaed the kindly in
terest ho hud begun to tako in the
young man.
Ralph did not answer.
" Vrom thmIi vowe," continued the
chaplain, "made without the sanction
of the church, the church will readily
grant absolution on true repentance and
due penance."
"Mine waa not a raah vow," aaid
Ralph, gravely. The chaplain waa un
intentionally strengthening his resolu
tion. , .
"I did not know." oursued the chap
lain, "that your master Wyeliffe set
ninnn store by vowa. He haa disre
garded hia own lightly enough."
"I herein he la niialudaed." said
Ralph, and thereafter held , hit peace
while the friar vented bis anger against
the heretic doctor. , Master Fu bourne,
though a hot tempered man, was natur
ally gentle, and, meeting with no re
sistance, he soon reeoveritd his equan
imity, and remembered that he had
come as a friendly aiiibamiador to the
mixiniliU'd youth.
"1'eace be with you, my son," he
raid, at length, "I am sorry that your
obstinacy should cross the kind inten
tions of so iirocliiu and benlun a ladv
us the primes."
Ralph lnygid him to assure the
primes of his humble devotion and
gratitude. Then, at the chaplain was
leaving, he preferred a hesitating but
earnest request. Although, he said, he
could not love this lady, he had the
deepest content for her welfare, and he
knew of another, an honest gentleman,
who loved her dearly, and wight, if Im
pedimenta were removed, pretend to
her hand. This was his brother Reg
inald. If the princess could furthei
bis suit, it would be for the happiness
of all.
All thla waa reported in time to
Clara, whom the piinceas took into her
train, and removed with her next day
from Castle Hedingbam. And how did
Clara take Ralph'a self-abnegation and
earnost suit for bis brother? She
heard H all very demurely, but she was
a wilful and tenacious eron, and did
not lightly abandon what she had set
her heart upon. Kho laughed to her
self in happy contentment when she
waa alone. It waa clear that Ralph
still loved her, however much be might
struggle against it, and this was
enough. Time would bring the rest.
CHAPTER XV.
To bud Pinion d'Yp-cs in Stourbridge
' i .in !. FV mnj m mi., mm .,,,(,
I,l I,. l,.,l (n,l hi.
MB' W ft 17 Tt i I" I S 1 1 0 IR( Hf UHU Mir
booth and liia clerk, l awreii,, and had
with some trouble ascertained from
that worthy the information that a
great meeting had been planned for the
following luuday at Wandleury,and to
until the next Sunday Ralph was cora-
peiieti m waiv.
The hour is midday, said Law-
mm. "Put straw in vour mouth.
or our pickets will not pass you."
imriey a purpose in sunning wipu
IIamI..!.. In IMn,hvt,ti witli m ivimmil.
nl a' Ion from the king to the leader of
the discontented commona w aa o: an ex-
I frttntti u a) ! sit ll a nntlirA. Hit llitisi
through Ralph to lay hands on a whole
knot of leading conspirators at one
swoop. And this waa hia plan:
... ..... . , ...... t.
ite anticipated mat naipn, tuny oe-
bis wislics, would tie perfectly frank
ami open in bis movements, as the
learr of a in ores ge that might aa well
lie proclaimed irom mo noueeiups.
n.nt ti.. Una a hi wtlliiiir (n in
quire into the grievances of bis poor
xubjottswas not a dangeroua secret,
since this very w illingness waa prooi
. . i u It! .tlt
mat ne narooreu no ui-wui w mo,,
champions. It would not occur to
Ralph that there was any reason ior
aecreev as regarded bis dealings with
those champions. He would not at
leant hesitate W talK ireeiy to any one
. I... 1. 1 lu .tiLrnutMl to him aa a
proper recipient of bi confidence as
the negotiations went on. Accoromgiy
Hurley designated the Master of Pem
broke aa a person to whom he might
l.... rn .lav rannrt wlot nlOtrreSS
lie had trade. A meeting would prob
ably lie held by flmon d'Yprea and his
frlcnda to take Into coiulderation the
king's propoi-als. Of tins n e tting tne
matter would be informed, and he was
... I ... .
loutltlentwiiy insirucieti to iiuurm
iheriffofthe county, who again had
l.i Instructions to arrest the whole
gang at ttieir rendetvoua.
This was Hurley'a plan in its aim
pi it ity, lawl on the supioition that
Ralph, hia emissary, would conceal
nothing, as seeing nothing that needed
concealment.'" But if Ralph should be
secretive, lie liHd provided for this also.
he Slaiter ot reniurose was w ivi
trusty man to watch his movements.
dnr his vain search
for Simon d'Yprea, the master sent foi
U..I..1, ..,,,1 ,.,rfiill exnresFCd a
hope that he had had good sieod. Had
he aeon tne reuouoiaoio oiiuum
1,1,,,.'. mncallim TKCelvetl? In
HUB WV A,H -
answer to which and oilier questions,
. . . .. . a I 1.1... t..H. l.n ...L...
alpii promptly toiu nun "
bant'a lieutenant bad pretendetl not to
mow him at first, and how utlimately
ie bud been promisid an interview
vlth the agitator on the following Sun
lay. In fact he kept back nothing ex
cept hia knowledge of the secret sign, j
which lie did not mention at all, and
he place of meeting, which he said he,
lad engaged not to reveal.. t
The master smiled the smile of a
ilndly patron, and said he waa quite
Ight. A certain amount of secrecy was
matter of course in affairs of the kind.
Ralph apologised again for keeping
:,.! i, .mi t.h minister -re-
i tnat lie wotiiu u
i.. ,.fl,in,i nn the nolnt.
press
What Indeed waa the need for pross-
w
ing
i when all that was roqnireu ui .
know the place of meeting was to
to
have i
Ralph foliowea on mo
Th nnsusnectlng youth had not
tiny?
iade a secret of the day. The day
m
once
, known, the liuiearra
i.latod by Burley could easily be
tempi
carried out. ' .
On Sunday morning
Ra'ph
nh walked out to vt 'iu"'f "
the old Roman road right over t ie
ing
of the Gog Magog mils.
. . l .1 a manv parties
r
idge i
w
rent i
oonvs
. j r.,, Mairoa lit-
and
1 there me au'i - ,
.roups were visible, th. member of
tie
w
hich
seemed w 1
squatting In mere idle enjoyment until
n oHserveo. mat they Invariably Inter
cepted anybtMiv moving In the direction
of the old camp. From thla be judged
that they were acting aa outlying pick-
1I himself was hailed by the com
mandant of one of those post just as
ho gained the crest of the hill, The,
man oame down frcm the bank where
he was lying with hi companions, and
ked Ralph whither he was going.
Halph twirled the straw in bis mouth
and answered, "To Wandlebury,"
"You don't know me?" said theman,
with a smile. He waa drowsed like
well-to-do laborer in hia Sunday
clothe, closely shaven, a red hood over
his head with a long llripip hanging
down behind. A very respectable fig
ure be looked in bi gray klrtle reach
ing to the knees, and his worsted gait
ers of a color to match the hood,
lialph started at the vote and looked
again. It was Simon d'Yprea at last.
The dingo I red merchant called to one
of bis comrade to take hi place, and
walked along with Ralph toward the
camp. . ,
"lAwrence has told me of your mes
sage," he said. .
"And what do you think of it?"
asked Ralph, eagerly.
The merchant was silent for little.
"I fear it cornea too late," he said at
last. "The atone ia rolling too fast to
be stopped."
"Hut the king," said Ralph, "i
most anxious to do justice. You should
have aeen how his eyea sparkled and
his face glowed. How can it be too late
if he sets wise and just men to find out
what I amiss, and use all bis power
to undo injustice and give t!ie poor
commons the protection that they ask?
How can it tie too late it ha is will
ing and able to do this?"
The merchant shook hia head.
"Willingye. I rejoice to hear of
his wlllingneM. But i he able? That
ia more doubtful. The king 1 in the
hands of hi noble. They will not
let him grant what the poor commona
ask and indeed," lie added, thongbt
fully, "many of them ask more than
justice."
"But yon should not encourage them
In this," cried Ralph. "Justice they
should have, but more than justice if
they ask this they are no better than
tyrant themselves, and honest men
should not aid and abet them."
Ralph spoke warmly, and in the
heat of his eloquence turned hi face to
bi companion, trying aa it were to
catch and hold his eyea with his own.
The merchant smiled and said, "Yon
seem to accuse me."
Ralph hastened to disclaim this.
"No," said the merchant, earnestly,
"I do not aid and abet them. I do
not encourage them in asking more
than justice. But who shall measure
what justice ial Men who have long
suffered injustice are not good judgea of
their own claim. Tbey are hot tor
revenge: when they think that all
they want ia their own right, they are
reaily burning to avenge old injuries.
I have done my best not to encourage
them in this, but to discourage them.
But they listen to otbera more than to
me. They listen moat willingly to
wild babbler who ahout against the
rich and their luxuriea and promise to
drag them down. Yon will hear them
today. I have brought you to this
place that you might hear them, and
see how greedily the poor commons
swallow their rhetoric and their gibe.
It is natural enough: the rich have
nhown them tittle sympathy. You will
hear for yourrelf how your promise of
inquiry ia laughed to acorn and derided
as a mere trick. It ia natural again:
the poor commons have been so often
deceived."
"But," said Ralph, "why do you not
speak out against those blind guides?
Why do you suffer them to mislead the
people?"
The merchant shrugged hia should
ers. "1 am no orator," he said.
' "But these men are nothing but ora
tors. They love only to hear them
selves talk and see the people moved
by their words." ' ':
"Nay, that ia too severe a judgment
They are truly angry against wrong."
"But if they have eloquence without
discretion, why do you not tell the peo
ple so?" -
The merchant smiled. "The people
would not believe me."
To b continued.)
Why Ctstsr is a "Movable" FtsiL
During all of March the sun is com
ing farther north, Ahout the 20th it
shines directly on the equator, and the
jay 1 just aa long as the night. The
timo of the old Jewish paasover, and
hom e pur Easter depends on this date.
This latter always comes on the Sunday
following the first full moon after the
nun crosses the line. This accounts for
ii-a being so "movable" a feast.
I.:ulies' Home Journal.
Confederal to Eulojlis Grant,
United States DistrUt Judge Thomas,
0, Jones of Montgomery, Ala., will da
liver the Memorial day address at
Grant's tomb this year. He wa one
of the Confederate soldiers who surrend
ered to General Grant at Appomattox.
Athens a City of Msrbl.
Modern Athens is a .city of marble.
Min.nl the dwellings and business
houses and nearly all thepublio edifice
are of that material, and even the side
walks on some of the streets are paved
with it. '
Continuous Rainbew Shows.
T iVta nnhloat narts of Siberia a min
now may sometimes be seen all day
In nlniiilliuia nkv. It ia snnnomd
to be due to fin particles of snow In
the air.
Kentucky's New Hanging Committee,
rvnlaa nl tint woHd'a moat famous
ptintlngs are to be hung in the cell of
Dentlentlarv. This la
better than hanging th convict.
EVENTS QY THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
K Compreheniiv Review of the bnprtnt
Happening of the Past Week, Presented
In a Condensed Form, Which Is Most
Ukcfy to Prove t Interest te Our Many
; Readers.
At Tucuncarix, N. M., "three men
were killed in a fight.
The strike in the Oregon City woolen
mills is practically over
American will own the ship of the
new shipping combine, but they will
fly the English flag.
The coal shortage ia already apparent
at Reading, Pa., in consequence of the
Scranton mines being idle.
The Italian government will lend
cruiser to represent Italy at the in
auguration of the new Cuban republic.
In explosion of naptha near Pittsburg
a score of live were lost and about 200
person were injured, many of wbom
will die, '..
It is now generally admitted that
30,000 people lost their live at 8t.
Pierre. The streets of the city are cov
ered with corpses.
The new steel casting combine, to be
known a the American Steel Casting
Company, will control one-fourth of the
production of the country.
Another revolution is on thetapis in
Hayti.
Peace may be officially proclaimed
in South Africa on May 20.
The government bill for enjoining
the beef trust has been filed at Chi
cago. .-
Government troop who were ordered
to disband in China have raiaed the
standard of revolt.
It ia reported that three other Islands
of the West Indie were extensively
damaged besides Martinque.
Natives whose kraaia were boxned by
burghers, attacked Boer laager in the
vicinity of Bcheepers Nek May 5, and
killed 32 Boers. '
The United 6 tales government has
dispatched vessels to Martinqne to
render any assistance possible to the
stricken inhabitants.
Further details add only to the ex
tent of the St. Pierre boiror. From all
over the wot Id assistance is being sent
to the unfortunates.
The anthracite companies have told
their minora not to report for work at
Scran ton, Pa., and it looks like a lock
out. Both sides are preparing for a
long atruggle.
President Simon Sam, of Hayti, has
resigned.
Admiral Sampson's remains have
been bnried in Arlington cemetery.
The British prass demands that the
government take action on the steam
ship combine.
The attorney general of Missouri has
filed proceeding against the beef trust
in his state.
The nomination of II. Clay Evans
as consul general to London has been
confirmed by the senate.
The bouse haa passed the omnibus
statehood bill admitting Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico.
It i now estimated that fully 40,000
people perished in the earthquake at
St. Pierre, Martinique. The American
consul, and his family are among the
dead.".' -
The attorney general ot Washington
haa rendered an opinion that Mr. Mc
Bride is still lieutenant governor, but
is invested with the power of chief ex
ecutive. Queen Wilhelmlna is convalescent.
Nine men were injured in an explo
sion in an Anaconda Baielter.
General Davis reports that the Dat
toa of Mindanao are anxious for peace
and that everything is quiet in that
'sland.
Ht, Pierre. Island of Martinique, ia
said to have been totally destroyed by
an earthquake and nearly all of its 25,
000 inhabitants killed.
Mrs. D. T. S. Denison was elected
president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs at Los Angeles.
A train bound from Pretoria to
Petersburg, Northern Transvaal, was
wrecked and a British officer and ten
men were killed. .
The United States consul general at
Rome has collected all the documents
bearing on the case of the Chicago'a
officers at Venice and forwarded them
to Washington.
Th dintnrhancMi in Russia are due
to a famine being taken advantage of
by agitators.
Representative J. S. Salmon, of New
Jersoy, is deed.
Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson is
dead at Washington.
It will probably be a surprise to
loam that Mary is the most popular
name among actresses. Next in num
ber are contraction of Eleanor.
All ftrinntala are trrnat linsnists.
They seem to have a faculty for picking
up languages tnat is not enjoyea oy
Anglo-Saxons.
The hardest wood in the world is'not
ebony, but oocus, which is much used
for making flutes and other similar in
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Undo Times Reviews Their Ceun ia
South Africa. .
London, May 14. The Time relate
the couise of the peace negotiation as
follows:
"On the receipt of the Dutch corre
spondence intimating that Great Brit
ain wa ready to listen to proposal
from the Boer in the field, Acting
President of the Tranavaal Bchaalk
burger came to the British line and
asked permission to consult with Mr.
Steyn, ex-president ol the Orange Free
State. This led to the Boer delegates
going to Pretoria. Their first proposal
to Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner,
the British high commissioners in South
Africa, wa that the republics should
merely concede all tlie demands made
by Great Britain regarding the fran
chise, etc., before the war. The Brit
ish government, in reply, referred them
to the Middleburg confeience, as the
maximum of possible conceasiona and
refused permission to the Boers to con
sult their friends in Europe. Event
ually, while refusing an armistice,
Lord Kitchener undertook not to molest
the burghers while tbey were actually
holding meetings with the commandoes
to authorize the leaders to negotiate on
tne basis of the surrender of independ
ence, but they were told it was useless
to return to Pretoria without being
armed with full powers to negotiate.
Schaalkburger assented to this, but Mr.
Steyn's acqniesence seemed doubtful. '
"Mail advices received from Pre
toria," continues the Times, "declare
that Lords Kitchenerand Milner prom
ised generous compensation (or burned
farms, promised no difficulty with re
gard to the question oi amnesty for
rebels, which did not present insuper
able obstacles."
WASHINGTON LANDS.
Their Ditpotltioa Will Be Determined by a
Forestry Reserve Official.
Washington, May 14. Representa
tive Cusbman recently called on the
commissioner of the general land office
to ascertain whether or not certain
lands in Skagit and Snohomieb coun
ties are to be eliminated from the
Washington forest reserve and opened
to settlement. Reports to this effect
recently reached Washington from the
state, end have led to considerable
speculation. Mr. Cusbman learned
that on April 18 Commissioner Her
mann directed I). B. Shelter, superin
tendent of forest reserve in Washing
ton, to make an examination of town
ship 32 north, ranges 8, 9 and 10 east ;
township 31 north, ranges 10 and 1 1
eaat, and township 30 north, range 11
east, with reference to whether it is
better suited for forestry purposes or
agricultural purposes. No report has
yet been received.
When Superintendent Shelter shall
have been heard from, thegeneral land
office will convey bis recommendation
to the secretary of the interior, where
the matter will be finally acted upon.
It is probable that no final action can
be had until late in the fall. In case
all or a part of the land is found to be
agricultural, that much will undoubt
edly be restored to settlement; other
wise ita present status will not be al
tered. FOR RELIEF.
Congress Votes $200,000 for the Sufferers
of Martinique.
Washington, May 14. The volcano
calamity in the West Indies came up
before the bouse during the afternoon,
the District of Columbia measure being
laid aside to permit the relief bill to be
considered.
In view of the president's message
urging an appropriation of 1500,000,
the house committee on appropriations
unanimously reported substitute to
the senate relief bill making it 200,
000, and placing its disposition under
the president of the United States.
Heminway, of Indiana, the acting.
chairman of the appropriation commit
tee, secured unanimous consent for im
mediate consideration. The amount,
he said, had been limited to $200,OOC
because the committee was informed
that large contributions were being
made by private parties,
The bill was finally passed and went
through the senate without division.
5llnelmlaa Steadily Improving
The Hague, May 14. The bulletins
issued at Castle Loo concerning the
condition of Queen Wilhelmina have
been reduced to one a day, and it is ex
pected that they will soon cease alto
gether. The marked improvement in
her majesty's condition cuntinu.es, and
the constant attendance of her physi
cians is no longer necessary.
lord Paunccfot Quit III.
Washington, May 14. Lord Paunce
fote, the British ambassador, continues
quite ill here, and his condition is giv
ing the family some concern. He gof
ers from asthma and stomach and other
troubles, and owing to hia advanced
age, hiB system falls to respond as read
ily to the treatment as was hoped would
be the case.
Airship Exploded.
Paris, May 14. The airship belong
ing to Senor Augusts Sevros, the Brazil
ian aeronaut, made an ascension dur
ing the morning. The airship exploded
and killed Sevrosand another aeronaut.
Senor Sevroe arrived in Paris with a
flying machine last November. He
then announced his intention to sail
across and around Paris. Hia last
balloon Is described as currying a car
shaped like a long parallelogram, drawn
up directly beneath the ballcon.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Msppenings of Itn
portancc A Brief Review of th Growth
and Improvements of the Many Indujtrice
Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth
latest Market Report.
Many emigrants are arriving daily at
Medford.
The Salem Federal Labor Union ha
been organized with a membership
of 68.
The fruit growers around Medford
are jubilant over tbe recent raina and
the fact that proepects for a good yield
are better than for years.
Tjie mill on the Lucky Bart group at
Gold Hill is running day and night on
ore from the Doubtful claim.. A 30
inch vein of high grade free milling ore
assaying (45 per ton was tecently
struck in this claim, which will bring
tbe Lucky Bart group to t the front
again, something over (150,000 having
already been milled from the several
ledges on the property.
The number of strangers now ponring
into Oregon is being felt even in the
backwoods. A year ago it was believed
that all the public timber land worth
taking had passed into private hands,
and investors were buying freely from
the original locators. But since then
tbe more inaceseible and less timbered
land is being eagerly sought by people
anxious to file on timber tracts.
This season in the Sumpter district
will witness the greatest placer dean
ups known the'O for year. In several
places there bas been a marked revival
of interest in tbe placer diggings.
Companies have been organized to op
erate diggings on a large scale, and
scenes where there has been compara
tively little life since tbe boom days of
pioneer times will be teeming with
workers. ?
The camps and mills near Alma
are vainly applying for men.
Fire at Praire City destroyed" an en
tire block and caused a loss of (20,000.
La Grande is enthusiastic over the
Lewis and Clark fair and a general
meeting will be held to get subscribers
to tbe stock.
Ed Graves, of Marquam, haa con
tracted 5,000 pounds of hops from his
yard five miles east of Woodburn, for
12X cents per pound.
A bill has been introduced in the
United States senate granting a right
of way acioss the Cascade forest reserve
for the Oregon A Southeastern railroad.
The city councit of Baker City has
awarded the contract for tbe extension
of tbe mains of the waterworks system
to a contractor of that city on a bid of
(33,314.77.
The wool industry of Oregon ranks
well up with wheat and lumber, and
out in the eastern part of Wasco coun
ty's plains is the greatest wool market
in the world.
The Eastern Oregon term of the su
preme court opened at Pendleton with
32 cases on the docket, all but three
being appeals from Umatilla, Baker
and Union counties.
The Oregon national guard will as
semble at some centrally located point
in the Willamette valley, in .brigade
camp, for instruction, for a period of
eight days, July 17-24, inclusive.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 65K66c;
bluestem, 67c j valley, 65c
Barley Feed, (2021; brewing,
(2121.60 per ton.
Oats No.l white, (1.251.27;gray,
(1.1501.22 J.
Flour Best grades, (2.853.40 per
barrel; graham, (2.602.80. .
Milletuffs Bran, (1516 per ton;
middlings, (1020; shorts, (1718;
chop, (16.
Hay Timothy, (1215; clover,
(7.5010; Oregon wild hay, (58 per
ton.
Potatoes Beat Burbanks, 1.50 1.65
per cental; ordinary, (1.251.35 per
cental; growers prices; sweets, (2.25(3
2.50 per cental: new potatoes, 33)c.
Butter Creamery, lt)17c; dairy,
1215c; store, 1012&c.
Eggs 1516c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12J4
13c ;Young America, 1314c; fac
tory prices, 1 Die lees.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, (4.60
5.60; hens, (5.606.00 per dozen,
HK12c per ponnd; springs, 11
lljc per pound, (4.006.00 per d ox
en; ducks, (5.007.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516o per
pound j'geese, (6.507.50 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, ; 4)c per pound;
sheared, 3c; dressed, 7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6)ic; dressed, 7fc8c
per pound.
Veal 6H8c for Bmall; 67c for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 4)c; steers.
SJc; dressed, 88Jic per pound.
Hops 12)415 cents per pound.
Wool Valley, 1214; Eastern Ore
gon, 8 12c; mohair, 25c per pound.
The British administration in India
Is alarmed by rumors of sedition in Af
ghanistan. All the flour consumed by the 11.-
000,000 people in Siam comes frojn the
United States.
Swans on the Thames at Eton and
Windsor are being fed from the- local
boat rafts, as tbe birds are unable,
owing to th severity of the weather, to
obtain a suihetency of food for them
selves. ,
NOT A SOUL ALIVE.
Every Pcnoa la St Pierre Perished la th
- Stem f Fire. ..
London, May 13. A dispatch to tbe
Times from St. Thomas, D. W. I., aaya
that St. Pierre was destroyed in the
twinkling of an eye, and that not 40 of
the inhabitants of the city escaped.
Some of th outlying parishes of the
Island of Martinique have been inun
dated. The whole northern portion
of the island is burning, and has been
denuded of vegetation, and is a rocky
wilderness. The latest news received
here from St. Vincent, continues the
correspondent, aaya the number of dead
there is supposed to reach 500., the ma
jority of wbom have not been buried.
' It Is reported that Fort de France,
Island of Marinique, lathieatened, con
cludes the correspondent, and there is
frightful tension everywhere.
Successful attempts have been, made
to reach St. Pierre. Cabling from St.
Lucia, the correspondent of the Daily
Mail says the town la heap of ruins,
and dead bodies are lying all around.
Few ever will be recognized, so great ia
the mutilation and distortion.
Search parties have found 3,000
charred bodies on the site ot the cathe
dral. All appear to have been asphyx
iated at first. Sot a soul was found
alive in tbe whole town.
NOTIFY POWERS.
United States Will Inform Them of the Birth
of the Cubes Republic.
Washington, May 13 The state de
partment has decided upon the method '
it will employ to notify the world offi
cially of the birth of the new Cuban re
public May 20. Instead of issuing a
proclamaiton, the department will send
identical notices to all United States
ambassadors and ministers abroad that
the military occupation by the United
States of the island has ceased on that
date, and that Tomas Eetranda Palma
has been duly installed as the head of a
new government oi the Island of Cuba.
There will be no invitation on oar part
to the nations to recognize the new re
public, bnt it is expected that they will
take notice themselves of the fact that
the United States haa so recognized the
Cuban republic by sending to the
island a minister resident and staff of
logation and consuls, and it is not
doubted that the example will be fol
lowed.
Battle la Vcnczafa.
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
May 13.--Venezuelan troops under
General Vincente Gomes, attacked Car-
upano, sta'e of Bermodez, Venezuela,
by land and by sea with the gunboats
Restanrador, Agosto and Zumbador,
but the port ia still in the hands of the
revolutionists. After a seven hours'
battle, the government forces were de
feated and obliged to abandon the field.
leaving 115 men dead and 210 wound
ed. The city suffered terribly from, tbe
sneuing oi tne government war vessels.
The remainder of General Gomez's
troops escaped on board tbe gonboata
and reached Cumana, on the Gulf of
Caracas. Gomes waa seriously wound
ed. Carupanonow presents a spectacle
of desolation. The cable is cut.
Costly California Blaze.
Trnckee, Cal., May 13. Six acres in
the central portion of Truckee was a
raging mass of flames for seven or eight
hours this morning. The extensive
box factory and planing mills of the
Truckee Lumber Company, around
which the town waa originally built,
was totally destroyed. With it went
the office, with everythingjit contained,
anaa number of warehouses and dry
ing nouses ailed with boxes, seasoned
lumber, glass, windows, doors and
building material. One million feet of
lumber piled both sides of the river
was also destroyed. Loss, (200,000.
Eighteen Cremated.
Tokio, May 13 The destruction by
fire of a hospital in Kyoto, Japan, waa
attended by loss ot life. About 4:30
o'clock in tbe morning fire broke out in
the funaokayama lunatic asylnm at
O-niya Mura, Otogl Gori, on the north
ern suburbs of Kyoto. The flames
started in one of the rooms occupied by
a patient. Altogether two blocks of
buildings were destroyed before the
flames were got under control, and of
the 30 patients who were in the hos
pital at the time of the outbreak, 18,
including two women, perished.
Successor ef Corrigan.
Rome, May 12. The correspondent
of the Associated Press is informed
that it ia not likely that the successor
of Archbishop Corrigan will be named
at tbe next consistory and that probably
more than a month will elapse before
action will be taken. It i therefore
probable that a capitulary vicar will be
appointed to administer the archdio-
Taft Will Stop at Ram.
Washington, May 13. Governor Taft
has closed up his business here in con
nection with affairs in the Philippines
and left for Cincinnati, where he will
attend to some private business prior
to his departure from New York on tbe
17th inst., on his return to bis poet at
Manila. He will stop at Rome in or- '
der to discuss the question of the friars
in the Philippines with tbe authorities
at the Vatican.